| Show t I 1 anglo japanese work elegant AND USEFUL FOR fon LADIES thi elegant arid and most useful work is very easy in in its iti execution t while the means and appliances forsti for it s performance perform ance anre are within vi athin tho reach of every ond one the are timple yellow withered leaves a little dissolved gum black paint and copal vari varl var nish while the objects to be ornamented may be a box cup cupboard lourd Loard table etc elc in fact any old fur urz kiture that has been rendered unsightly by age or ing ling u e A plain deal box costing about a shilling may by this process so far as the outside goes be converted into a costly cosily look ig dressing cis cio aa an exquisite chessboard chess cheas board may lo 10 made with ve veri very ry little skill froin a square piece of deal fl flower 0 pots pole screens folding and hand band screens may all he be decorated in this manner man mau lle lie and from untidy looking lumber may be converted into articles of use elep elen nce and beauty ani this at a nomina nominal I 1 expense ex pens taste being the chier chief requisite in hi the product on the employment forms one of till th most agreeably agree abio allo and pleasing amusements for summer su amer days and winter evenings at thia this time timo of or the tiie year many leaves kiy bi bi found which cannot possibly be procured in the anglim the ivy is now shedding its sere foliage the leaves selected from this plant should he b of a bright yellow small and well shaped maily alny of or the eari ears earliest lest iest leaves of spring are failing fang fanz the small smail early leaves of the black current tree treo have nowa now a beautiful red golden tinge tings but indeed in almost every plant ellow vellow leaves may bo be found leaves so 0 o thina thin as the nasturtium and convolvulus should bs be avoided the brown leaves of the oak oah may 3 et be found iving lying on the ground and the under lemon colored leaflets of the hemlock will furnish most beautiful sprays all leaves that are small of uneven shape and serrated saw shaped at the tho edges are well adapted for this work as they are collected thy should ba be placed between sheets of or paper but not close together then thou pressed by placing a board on the tile top with a weight upon it to express any moisture tu re that maybe therein and to ren render fer ler them quite flat in the autumn the sweet scented gera binm leaves the maple thorn chrysanthemum wild parsley fern anu and and a multitude of others may be found including tile the smaller sycamore and smil vine vini leaves but they must all have llave turned of a golden hue or reddish d yellow pre prem pars pare the article to be ba ornamented thus first rub the surface smoothly down with tit sandpaper sand land then coat it over with black paint which cari can be procured ready made at any oil shop when who li ii 11 dry r rub a b it down smoothly with pumice stone and give two iwo moie more co coils its when these are dry arrange the leaves on the tile surface in a careless manner but not in groups unless preferred butterflies drawn and colored yellow with gamboge 0 cut out of print prints alid and then coord jd may be stuck at ditt different erent spaces with advantage but lut thare should be no other color than the brown and different tints lints of yellow ellow in the leaves gum the wrong side of the lear leaf and press it on in its appointed place with a hard tuft of wadding fastened tightly up in a piece of silk slik continue Continua this with the whole of the leaves and when they are all gummed on dissolve sonio ge geanine gel gei atine or isinglass at 1 in warm arm water and while rather warm brush brash it well over every portion of the work using the tile hrush brush entirely one way not forward and back when dry give the he work three coats of copal varnish letting die tile article remain a day or two between each cot coat this th s process though elaborate in deail Is beauy and even quick lydone 11 and nd will well re repay fa y s n y that may be taken as with a renewed coat of varnish every 1 five or six vears years sears it will remain as lon ton tons ions I 1 asche as the wood will hold together as bright ought in appearance appear ancs as when first finished mrs na arrens aarens book |
